Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) Speaker Jamssem al-Khorafi said his country would be against any military action targeting Iran, local daily Arab Times reported Monday.

Addressing the media in the parliament on Sunday, Khorafi called for "dialogue and political, not military means" in tackling the Iran nuclear issue.

The statement came as a response to a Sunday report by Arab Times which said that the United States might launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007.

The report, written by its editor-in-chief Ahmed al-Jarallah citing "a reliable source", said that the attack would be launched from the sea.

The speaker warned that any non-diplomatic interference wound undermine world stability, saying "the area cannot afford to bear the consequences..." (of any military attack against Iran).

He added that resorting to military means could trigger a negative response not only to the source of such an attack against Iran, but also to "the entire area."

Asked about Kuwait's attitude in case Iran was attacked, the speaker answered that Kuwait was a sovereign state and would act accordingly, noting that Kuwait would react in line with its best interests and in a manner serving the cause of Kuwait's domestic political stability as well as the region's as a whole.

Source: Xinhua